A 74-year-old man has been charged after allegedly exposing himself to a nine-year-old girl at a Markham grocery store earlier this month.

York Regional Police said a 42-year-old father was shopping with his daughter on June 10 around 1:30 p.m. at a FreshCo near McCowan Rd. and Bur Oak Ave. when the girl was approached by a man who said his name was “George.” He then exposed himself and told her not to tell anyone, according to police

Investigators said last week that surveillance footage from the store appeared to show a man following the young girl around the store.

“The concerning behaviour for us is of course the incident itself, but also the following before and the following after,” Const. Andy Pattenden told the Sun on Friday.

During the car ride home, the girl told her dad what happened and police were called.

Police on Friday morning released an image of a suspect and a van.

Later Friday, around 2 p.m., Philip Accordino, of Markham, surrendered to police at #5 District Headquarters in Markham.

He has been charged with criminal harassment and exposing genital organs to a person under the age of 16.